2011-08-14
Original: 2011-08-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A younger man with reddish-brown hair (seen from behind/side) is arguing with an older balding man wearing round glasses and a reddish shirt.
Younger man: "THE WORLD IS WORSE NOW?! SCIENCE IS BETTER. TOLERANCE IS MORE WIDESPREAD. LIFESPANS ARE-"
Old man (interrupting): "OH, SORRY. YOU SHOULD KNOW, I'VE DECIDED TO IDENTIFY ALL CHANGE AS SOCIAL DECAY."
Caption below panel: I plan to be a self-aware old man.
Votey:
Close-up sketch of the old man with round glasses.
Old man: "PROGRESS CEASED TO BE GOOD THE MOMENT IT MEANT I HAD TO LEARN ANYTHING."
A younger man with reddish-brown hair (seen from behind/side) is arguing with an older balding man wearing round glasses and a reddish shirt.
Younger man: "THE WORLD IS WORSE NOW?! SCIENCE IS BETTER. TOLERANCE IS MORE WIDESPREAD. LIFESPANS ARE-"
Old man (interrupting): "OH, SORRY. YOU SHOULD KNOW, I'VE DECIDED TO IDENTIFY ALL CHANGE AS SOCIAL DECAY."
Caption below panel: I plan to be a self-aware old man.
Votey:
Close-up sketch of the old man with round glasses.
Old man: "PROGRESS CEASED TO BE GOOD THE MOMENT IT MEANT I HAD TO LEARN ANYTHING."
Alt text
A young man with reddish-brown hair argues with an older balding man in glasses, saying "The world is worse now?! Science is better. Tolerance is more widespread. Lifespans are-" The old man interrupts: "Oh, sorry. You should know, I've decided to identify all change as social decay." Caption: "I plan to be a self-aware old man." In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the old man adds: "Progress ceased to be good the moment it meant I had to learn anything."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.